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| - The Consol Energy Center is a big beautiful building for the fan to see an event. The amenities are great and the arena has just about anything you could want. However, I feel the Consol Energy Center severely lacks personality, affordability, and the continuity of staff that the former arena had.
The Consol Energy Center is a very very very different facility from the Mellon Arena, a building that preceded the Consol. Many are most likely glad for this. I am not and here's why. I miss the ol' Arena and it had nothing to do with the building itself. What I miss most about going to hockey games (and I went to approx 35 a year) at the Mellon Arena was what it didn't have in its physical 'being', it made up for by having the warmest and friendliest people inside. These people helped you to your seat, shook your hand as you walked in, knew your name,and were glad you were there. These people were in the same places game in and game out and were readily available. It was very comforting.
The Consol Energy Center lacks character simply put. The people are shifted around from spot to spot and those that are there now are only interested in selling you something. The atmosphere is almost as if the hockey game is secondary. It's become so commercial. For the common fan that goes to one game a year and buys a ticket off of ticketmaster, the Consol Energy Center has to be the best thing in the world. The vantage points are great. The HD Jumbotron is huge and vivid and the sound system is fantastic. I'd give it all up to be back across the street.
For a guy like me who spends 15k on season tickets, I need a little bit more than going to a mall to watch a hockey game. I'd like to have the same usher, the same ticket guy, and the same people who know who you are and are glad you're there. I'd like to not feel like a number or just a wallet walking around. I don't need a urinal sponsored by some Light beer and I don't want hassled to give money for a 50/50 drawing after I've spent $500 just to get into the place. I'd rather see the out of town scoreboard throughout the game but they'd rather show me one of there 700 commercials on their various scoreboards instead.
Another deficiency is the Consol's affordability or lack thereof. The food is too expensive. $9 for a personal pizza? $8 for nachos? $5 soda? I realize it's a sporting event but this is boarder line fleecing. .
Sure, it's new and well thought out. Yes, the cup holders are nice and the 50 different kinds of bottled beer you can buy for $9 is great if you can afford that sort of thing.
It's a great new building with all the 'buzzes and whistles' and it's like sitting at one big half-time commercial. It's just not for me. I can't get past all of the ads, the prices, and the cold, mall like atmosphere the place has. I miss the ol' Igloo and its people and I think a lot of people do too.
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